note FROM the Staff

Happy Monday, CASC Students!

  

If you would like to include anything in upcoming newsletters, or have comments or suggestions please send them to Ashley by Sunday at 5 pm.

 
CASC Events 

CASC Community Dialogue 

Interested in learning more about dialogue? Want to explore your social identities? Join the CASC community for a student-sponsored dialogue on power, privilege, and social identity. Together we'll explore how our social identities impact the classroom and our work in the community. We'll also practice better communication skills for speaking across conflict. Dinner provided! 

When: Sunday, February 16, 5 pm - 8 pm

Where: Educational Conference Center, School of Social Work 

Register here, contact Alice with any questions. 

 
Announcements

Sexpertise: Positive Talk About Sex, Relationships and Health

Sexpertise brings 3 days of events on sexuality and relationships to U-M's campus! Learn more and register here.

When: February 11-13

 

Diversity Monologues

LSA Honors is hosting the Diversity Monologues, a series of performance-based events to share and celebrate identities. The Diversity Monologues will offer students a chance to look at race and how unique experiences create an overall idea of what race means to society, campus, and ourselves. To share a piece of work, contact [email protected] for approval.

When: Wednesday, February 12 from 6:30-8 pm

Where: Literati Bookstore (124 East Washington, Ann Arbor)

 

Detroit Community Based Research Program

Want the opportunity to live and work in the city of Detroit? The Detroit Community Based Research Program offers students an opportunity to work 35 hrs a week for 10 weeks in Detroit over the summer. Learn more here. Apply here. Application due February 14.

Semester in Detroit 
Spend the summer in Detroit! Semester in Detroit transforms U-M students through reciprocal relationships with the people, organizations, and neighborhoods of Detroit. By living, learning, and working in the city, our students engage with community leaders in transformative work - strengthening themselves as well as the wider region. Learn more and apply here. Application due February 14. 

Welfare Simulation
Explore what it means to live in the "State of Poverty" by participating in the Welfare Simulation, a 3-hour experiential learning workshop. Participants will experience specific realistic challenges based on their assigned roles as low-income people of various backgrounds and family structures. Register here. 
When: Sunday, February 16 from 2-5 pm
Where: Vandenberg Room, Michigan League

Speak Out
The United Coalition for Racial Justice (UCRJ) invites CASC students to their event, "Speak Out," to protest low enrollment of underrepresented minorities and a poor racial climate for students of color at U-M. Learn more here.
When: Tuesday, February 18 from 8 pm-8 am
Where: Shapiro Undergraduate Library 

 

Ann Arbor SOUP 
Ann Arbor SOUP gives microgrants to creative projects in the Ann Arbor Community and is hosting its next event on February 23! Anyone or any organization looking for microgrant money is encouraged to apply. Learn more or apply here. 
When: Sunday, February 23 at 6 pm
Where: LIVE (102 South First Street, Ann Arbor)
 
U-M Flint Social Work Course Seeks Ann Arbor Students
SWR 389, a pilot-course at U-M Flint, offers a faculty-led global experience that includes face-to-face course instruction in Xi-an, China. The project base course is intended to engage students in inter-cultural exchange and interdisciplinary learning. Contact Professor Diane Fuselier-Thompson with questions or if interested.
Scholarships and Funding Opportunities

International Institute Individual Fellowships

The International Institute is offering individual fellowships to students who, regardless of citizenship, are enrolled in a dual degree program and wish to participate in internships or conduct research outside the US. Award amounts are up to $5,000. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students are eligible. Learn more and apply here.

 

Kabcenell New Europe Grants

The Kabcenell New Europe Grants offers up to $5,000 of funding for summer study, research, and internships abroad in countries like Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, and more! Learn more and apply here.
Jobs and Internships

The Community and Social Change Masters Program

The Community and Social Change Masters Program, offered by the University of Miami, is accepting applications for Fall 2014. C&SC aims to prepare globally aware leaders, researchers, and agents of change who create, inspire, and engage community organizations to foster well-being in diverse community settings. Learn more and apply here.

 

The Urban Teacher Center

The Urban Teacher Center offers a 15-month teacher training through a residency. Teachers receive three year's of one-on-one coaching and a full scholarship for two master's degrees. Learn more and apply here. Next application deadline is February 15.

 

The Federal Judicial Center Seeks Intern

The Federal Judicial Center, the federal courts agency for research and continuing education, is seeking an intern for their Education Division. Positions are usually paid hourly. Contact Beth Johnson with questions. Learn more here.

 

CapCorps Midwest

Cap Corps volunteers work full time with a non-profit in one of these areas: immigration, food justice, poverty, literacy, education, community development and more. Cap Corps volunteers live with other people interested in building intentional, social justice and faith-focused communities and are given room, board, health insurance, transportation, and a small stipend during their 12-30 month commitments. To learn more, click here. Contact Shelly to apply.

 

The Fund for the Public Interest 

We're looking for smart, hard-working students who work will in a team and are eager to work for change after graduation.We're hiring Citizen Outreach Directors to run our grassroots campaign offices across the country next fall,working on behalf of groups like Environment American, the Human Rights Campaign, and US PIRG. If you're smart, motivated and want to get your hands dirty and make a real impact on some of the most critical issues facing our society, you're just who we're looking for. Learn more and apply here, or contact Ashley Swank at 515-708-6533 or [email protected]. On campus interviews will be held on February 26. 

 

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Phone: (734) 763-5733
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